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On How A Fake Genre Came To Exist

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Jul 05, 2025
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Three weeks ago, J.D. Cowan—author of The Last Fanatics: How the Genre Wars Killed Wonder—wrote the following article with regard to how “Fantasy” is as fake as “Science Fiction”.

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6 months ago · 45 likes · 11 comments · JD Cowan

This past week, J.D.’s article got support from Dragon Award winning author and editor Brian Niemeier when he penned “Why “Science Fiction” and “Fantasy” Are Dead”.

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